Page 513 - THE SILENT HEALING POWER By DR. MURDO MACDONALD-BAYNE

MOFFATT TRANSLATION

21 You have heard how the men of old were told ‘Murder not:
whoever murders shall come up for sentence,
22 Whoever maligns his brother shall come before the Sanhedrin,
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whoever curses his brother shall go to the fire of Gehenna.’ But I tell you,
whoever is angry with his brother without cause will be sentenced by God.
23 So if you remember, even when offering your gift at the alter,
that your brother has any grievance against you,

24 Leave your gift at the very altar and go away; first be reconciled
to your brother, then come back and offer your gift.
25 Be quick and make terms with your opponent, so long as you

and he are on the way to court, in case he hands you over to the judge, and
the judge to the jailer, and you are thrown into prison;
26 Truly I tell you, you will never get out till you pay the last

halfpenny of your debt.
27 You have heard how it used to be said, Do not commit adultery.
28 But I tell you, anyone who even looks with lust at a woman

has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
29 If your right eye is a hindrance to you, pluck it out and throw
it away: better to have all your body thrown into Gehenna.
30 And if your right hand is a hindrance to you, cut it off and

throw it away: better for you to lose one of your members than to have all
your body thrown into Gehenna.
31 It used to be said, whoever divorces his wife, must give her a

divorce-certificate.
32 But I tell you, anyone who divorces his wife for any reason
except un-chastity makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries a divorced
woman commits adultery.

33 Once again, you have heard how the men of old were told,
‘you must not forswear yourself, but discharge your vows to the Lord.’
34 But I tell you, you must not swear any oath, neither by

heaven, for it is the throne of God,
35 Nor by earth, for it is the footstool of his feet, nor by Jerusalem,
for it is the city of the great King;

36 Nor shall you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single
hair white or black.
37 Let what you say be simply ‘yes’ or ‘no;’ whatever goes beyond

that springs from evil.

2. See Notes on page 525 512